How Saudi Arabia Sees Iran and America
Published in The National Interest on November 5, 2022. Image by Reuters. I recently returned from meetings in Saudi Arabia, hoping to bring back some understanding of their perspectives on…
Pushing the Saudis into China’s & Russia’s arms
Published in the Jerusalem Post on October 30, 2022. Photo: US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) sits alongside a photo from the war in Ukraine during a committee…
Will Saudi Arabia join the Abraham Accords?
Published on November 2, 2022 by JNS. Photo: US President Joe Biden and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July…
The US-Saudi ties are more critical than Biden’s spat with the crown prince
Published in the Hill on October 31, 2022. Photo: Dr. Mandel at the Saudi Rasanah International Institute for Iranian Studies with the former Saudi Ambassadors to Iran, Pakistan, Lebanon and…
Recognizing that western Jerusalem is Israel’s capital should not be controversial
Published by JNS on October 24, 2022. Photo: Writing in the Australian Jewish News about the government’s reversal of recognising West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the foreign affairs minister, Penny…
The United Nations needs to be reimagined and reformed
Photo: The United Nations headquarters building in New York City, and the UN logo: Today’s UN needs to be reimagined and reformed to address the limited problems it can effectively…
Is the Biden administration about to put the Abraham Accords at risk?
Published in The Hill on October 16, 2022. Photo: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the parliament in a vote of confidence session for his proposed labor minister…
The Palestinian Authority cannot meet the most basic requirement for statehood
Published by JNS on October 6, 2022. It is an article of faith among European leaders, the political intelligentsia and the Biden administration that “two states for two peoples” is…
Biden should prepare for the return of Netanyahu
Photo: Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem June 30, 2022 REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Published in the Hill on October 5,…
Say it, America: We support the Iranian protesters’ desire for regime change
Published in The Hill on September 28, 2022. Photo: In this Sept. 21, 2022, photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP…